Gary Polland

The Tea Party Democrat

Party leaders want to throw out District Attorney candidate Lloyd Oliver and the donkey he rode in on.

A Bad Weekend For Gene Locke

Who would have thought that after it was revealed that the "anti-gay" activist Dave Wilson donated $2,000 to the Gene Locke campaign that it would be the catalyst for a bad, bad weekend for the candidate?It didn't help that Locke forgot to attend the first highly anticipated debate since the Novembe ... More >>

Send in the Election Clowns

Don't worry, they're here

Cockeyed Campaign Gambits

A Republican runs on Lee Brown's coattails

All Aboard the Love Train

Brown's last-minute signal keeps rail on track

Justice for Some

Just who is a victim? After flexing its muscles to reform the justice system, the victims’ rights movement suffers growing pains over divisive issues.

Best Republican

State Representative Kyle Janek

Policing the Politicos

Sunset report calls for an ethics commission with teeth

Liar! Liar! Pants On Fire

Ex-GOP chair's affidavit contradicts earlier slush-fund remarks

War on bin Laden -- or Unions?

Bush's battle against terrorism now bars some federal labor activities

Political Flights of Fancy

Dem Hispanic stars collide while a resigning judge targets the county attorney

When Will They Learn?

GOP label doesn't sell in mayoral races

Gunning for a Runoff

Can Bell avoid being the odd man out?

Best Republican

Paul Bettencourt, Harris County tax assessor-collector

Beating the Bush

Take one tax rebate, a Houston man advises, and apply liberally

Letters

Strip-Search Sass, Gender Mix, Red at the Right

Curiouser and Curiouser

Ex-congressman Stockman is labeled a co-conspirator in prescription fraud

GOP Mayoral Pipe Dreams

West U rejected them, so how will they ever win Houston's City Hall?

Catch-22

George Dismukes shouts his innocence. The parole board prefers contrition.

Rejected

Thousands of inmates rely annually on a capricious parole board for their freedom. Most, like George Dismukes, return to their cells without ever knowing why they were denied.

An Open Mike

He wants to castrate pedophiles and purge the courts of politics. He has assailed fellow jurists, lawyers and lawmakers. He's maverick Mike McSpadden, a tennis ace with a tomahawk tongue.

Arena Love

The establishment's attack dog is muzzled, so far

Mr. Blum Goes to Washington

Anti-affirmative-action crusader hits the road (at least for now)

Letters 08-03-2000

GOP Inc.

How "Scary" Gary Polland turned his party apparatus into a political slot machine

Wareing Thin

Primary results make a hoax of Hotze

Political Sex Change

Guess who's embracing GOP family values?

Brave Talk, Bleak Prospects

Outgunned county Dems feast before famine in 2000

The Deal Busters

GOP chair's super slush fund helps sink arena deal

Hungry: Will Judge for Food!

GOP Sweeps Week

Republicans complete Texas political reconstruction

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Trivial Pursuit

Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

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The Kingdom and the Power

Money may be the root of all evil, but it's fueled Steven Hotze's rise from a fringe player on the religious right to kingmaker in the local Republican Party. Now he's trying to stretch his influence further afield.

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